MPD: Man sold marijuana to provide for pregnant wife

Published 5:30 pm, Tuesday, August 12, 2014

A Midland man was arrested Saturday after he was found in possession of 1.25 ounces of marijuana that he was selling to care for his pregnant wife, according to court documents.

Ramsey Earl Mitchell, 31, was held on a $50,000 bond for a third-degree felony charge of delivering marijuana between one-fourth of an ounce and 5 pounds in a drug-free zone. He posted bond and was released on Sunday.

An officer observed a vehicle that was traveling at a high rate of speed near South Beal Parkway at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

The vehicle stopped near the Mesquite Terrace Apartments, where the officer smelled marijuana coming from inside the vehicle.

The officer asked the driver, Mitchell, about the smell. Mitchell pulled out a nebulizer -- a device used to smoke marijuana -- and gave it to the officer, according to the arrest affidavit.

The officer later saw a police baton inside the vehicle, and for his own safety, the officer then handcuffed Mitchell, according to the affidavit.

The officer then found a large amount of cash and pre-packaged marijuana inside the vehicle’s center console.

Mitchell said he had been selling marijuana to provide money for his wife, who is six-months pregnant.

The officer found about 1.25 ounces of marijuana and more than $1,400 in cash, according to the affidavit.